Ecumenical Patriarch Pavlos IV

Ecumenical Patriarch Pavlos IV (725-786) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 780 to 784, succeeding Ecumenical Patriarch Niketas I and preceding Ecumenical Patriarch Tarasios.

Biography
Pavlos was once a supporter of iconoclasm, but he later came to oppose the destruction of cultural icons. Later, due to his old age and illness, he resigned and left the patriarchate to Ecumenical Patriarch Taraisos.